"Of course the fiddle can be played rhythmically, but it's not the instrument best suited to that"

Well of course the instruments that "best suited" to playing rhythmically are drums and percussion. But I'd put the fiddle quite a long way up the list. I mean, gypsy jazz fiddle, bluegrass fiddle, klezmer fiddle?! How much more "rhythmic" d'you wanna get? I think Stephane Grapelli would have raised his eyebrows at that statement.